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Tim Moore sets off to recreate the most appalling bike race of all time. The notorious 1914 Giro d'Italia was an ordeal of 400-kilometre stages, cataclysmic night storms and relentless sabotage - all on a diet of raw eggs and red wine. Of the 81 who rolled out of Milan, only eight made it back. From the Alps to the Adriatic the pair relive the bike race in all its misery and glory, on an adventure that is by turns bold, beautiful and recklessly incompetent.

Ludicrous, heart-warming and improbably inspirational, Spanish Steps is the story of what happens when a rather silly man tries to walk all the way across a very large country, with a very large animal who doesn't really want to. Being larger than a cat, the donkey is the kind of animal Tim Moore is slightly scared of. Yet intrigued by epic accounts of a pilgrimage undertaken by one in three medieval Europeans, and committed to historical authenticity, he finds himself leading a Pyrenean ass named Shinto into Spain, headed for Santiago de Compostela.

Interweaving memoir and good old fashioned ice adventure, Kim Stanley Robinson takes readers along on the journeys that have happened before and the journeys that may never happen again. In May of 1911, Robert Scott and the twenty-four men under his command said good-bye to the sun and settled...

"We should no longer be seen as being poor, miserable and living off benefits. We can be successful and live a happy and meaningful life. But changing that perception will be a bigger battle than climbing Everest." Hari Budha Magar is a father-of-three, husband and veteran. In 2010, he lost both...

What would you do with five years to live? Iain Ward’s answer is an extraordinary story of endurance, humour and an unexpected sense of purpose. To over 15 million followers worldwide, Iain Ward is The King of Chemo. He’s an endurance athlete and charity campaigner taking on marathon...

The inspiring and uplifting memoir of Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed, a story of humanity, hope and courage. Includes an Author's Note read poignantly by the author, Ahmed Al Ahmed. On a typical Sydney summer afternoon, families gathered at Bondi Beach to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights...

"Doug Allan seems to be immune to most of the limitations that govern other humans. Furthermore, he is totally without fear in a way that comes not from recklessness but from deep knowledge and experience." - Sir David Attenborough Doug Allan OBE was one of the most respected wildlife cameramen...

There are few people on Earth who have lived as close to the edge as Geoffrey Kent. Known for building the billion-dollar empire Abercrombie & Kent from a single Land Rover in the African bush, Kent is one part James Bond, two parts Indiana Jones—a man who pushed the boundaries of exploration...

New York Times bestselling author Martha MacCallum leads a cast of multiple narrators, including Brit Hume, Dana Perino, Harold Ford Jr., Kat Timpf, and Brian Kilmeade. With The Book of Valor, New York Times bestselling author Martha MacCallum tells a story of America through the first-person...

A dramatic tale of explorers of the 1930s racing to find and harvest a poisonous Amazon vine, and how their work plundered local tribes and spurred the invention of new medicines. In the fall of 1938, a young, frail American explorer set off down a river in the western Amazon in search of curare...

We all face mountains. Some we choose. Others choose us.At 71, Greg set out to complete Challenge 200—an audacious test of endurance designed to prove that age did not have to define what was still possible. The challenge: traverse 18 holes of golf with no cart, carrying his own bag with just...

In June 1593, a ghostly ship drifted into an Irish harbour. Only 16 crewmen remained alive, and the deck was littered with the dead. This was the melancholy homecoming of the ship Desire, one of a fleet of five that had left England two years before, fuelled by dreams of Spanish gold and the...

From the moment he ran away from school before his 13th birthday, Frank Hurley carved a path as one of the greatest adventurers of all time. A visionary photographer and filmmaker, Hurley journeyed to the farthest corners of the earth, capturing images of people and places few had ever seen. Time and again he risked his life, in both peace and war, to take pictures that would astonish the world. Hurley traversed every continent. He made five perilous expeditions to Antarctica, sharing a hut with Douglas Mawson and a tent with Ernest Shackleton.

From the moment he ran away from school before his 13th birthday, Frank Hurley carved a path as one of the greatest adventurers of all time. A visionary photographer and filmmaker, Hurley journeyed to the farthest corners of the earth, capturing images of people and places few had ever seen. Time and again he risked his life, in both peace and war, to take pictures that would astonish the world. Hurley traversed every continent. He made five perilous expeditions to Antarctica, sharing a hut with Douglas Mawson and a tent with Ernest Shackleton.

The dramatic, high-stakes account of Artemis II, the first human journey into deep space in fifty years, told from the perspective of astronaut Jeremy Hansen, with a foreword by Chris Hadfield The historic Artemis II mission was celebrated around the world and broke the record for the farthest...

48 DAYS TO BARBADOS IS VISCERAL: THE SMELL OF ONIONS PERMEATING A SLEEPING BAG, THE TASTE OF SULFUROUS WATER, THE SOUND OF WATER AGAINST THE HULLITS A COURAGEOUS TALE ABOUT HOW WE FIND OURSELVES BY LOSING OUR BEARINGS. KIMBERLY KING PARSONS, Bestselling Author Of We Were The Universe In 1999...

From the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio series Campfire Stories and MeatEater’s American History comes a new audiobook original that plunges listeners into the frozen vastness of the Last Frontier, where a diehard breed of hunters and trappers carved out a living from the...

She didn’t fall into the pit because she was weak.She fell because she trusted.Mosaic Memoir is for the woman who has been under attack. The kind that makes you overthink every conversation, brace for the next storm, and wonder if you’re too much or not enough depending on who’s holding...

Plongez au cœur de l'océan, là où l'horizon disparaît, où chaque vague peut devenir un mur et chaque rafale de vent une épreuve à surmonter. Cet audiobook rassemble des récits de survie en mer, inspirés d'histoires vraies. Naufrages, dérives interminables, tempêtes déchaînées...

A Story of Survival, Courage, and the Triumph of the Human SpiritThis story is a must-read for all who venture into the great outdoors and contains several stories within the story. It is not only a riveting story, but also instructive and inspiring. Eddie Smith Owner & CEO, Grady-White BoatsAs...